Most discouraging result: The battle with Baylor. Ended up winning but was given a real test.

Most surprising player: Mac Styslinger. People knew he was good but he has exceeded expectations in his first year.

Most disappointing player: Hard to pick any for Virginia. But would have to go with Johnny Cornish. He was supposed to compete immediately in doubles.

Expectation for rest of the season: National title or bust.

Key to achieve the expectation: The doubles point will be key in the late rounds of the NCAA's. Also Styslinger and Ryan Shane will be tested and will be important for them to be up to the task as Freshmen.

Duke

Most impressive result: Routine win over Tennessee without Mengel.

Most discouraging result: Loss to Cal. Cal has shown instances of good play but also some poor play.

Most surprising player: Fred Saba. From a solid #4 to a very good #2 with some very nice wins this season already.

Most disappointing player: Chris Mengel. Has taken a step back this year. Moved down to 4 and has had his struggles there.

Expectation for rest of the season: Quarterfinals or Semifinals of NCAA. Bonus result an ACC title.

Key to achieve expectation: The continued great play of Cunha at 1. He needs to get the big wins over other big players at 1 like he has been doing this year and become the powerful senior leader. Also Tahir and Hemmeler need to lock down 5 and 6 like they have been doing.

Florida State

Most impressive result: 4-3 win at Oklahoma where the Noles showed great composure.

Most discouraging result: 5-2 loss to Florida. Florida is not a great team this year and they beat the Noles with little sweat. It was a disappointing rivalry result for FSU.

Most surprising player: Dominic Cotrone. Has become a solid #1 player for FSU. In a bit of a losing streak now but a massive improvement from in and out of the line-up like last year.

Most disappointing player: Andres Bucaro. Had a breakout year last year but this year is not playing in the top 6. He could be a big help to FSU if he was playing well again.

Expectation for the rest of the season: ACC semifinals. Make the final 16, aim at hosting.

Key to achieve expectation: Continued domination at 2 and 3 doubles. Also needs Kelly-Houston to step it up and become a solid win at 3 or 4. Must get better production from Lock as well.

Clemson

Most impressive result: Tie between 4-3 comeback win at FSU and 5-2 solid win at Auburn.

Most discouraging result: 4-2 home loss to NC State. The bottom of the line-up was the difference there.

Most surprisingly player: Austin Ansari has been a shot in the arm to the team. He has yet to lose a dual match and gives the Tigers a sure win each match almost.

Most disappointing player: Ayrton Wibowo. Struggling to win at 4 is the senior.

Expectation for the rest of the year: Make NCAA round of 16, aim at hosting.

Key to achieve the expectation: The Maden brothers are a great #1 doubles. A more solid combo must emerge at 2 or 3 so that the Tigers can win the doubles point more often. Also need Meza to hit his top form again, Dom Maden returning to form at 4 would also be a great boost.

Most impressive result: It was a loss but taking Tennessee to the absolute wire.

Most discouraging result: 7-0 to Duke. The Deacs never threatened in this match, showing the gap between the two teams.

Most surprisingly player: Amogh Prabhakar. Has become a very solid top of the line-up player and could make the NCAA individuals.

Most disappointing player: David Hopkins. It's tough for him to play #1 but the senior cannot get a win at the top position.

Expectation for rest of the season: Top 4 ACC. Push for the NCAAs final 16.

Key to achieve the expectation: Kreyman must improve his play and give his team a more solid top 3. Because the team has a weakness at 1, the bottom must be solid. Mays or Bloom needs to step in and become the reliable 6.

NC State

Most impressive result: 6-1 win at UNC. The way they won. Fought through and won all 4 of the 3 setters. Showed great resiliency against a rival.

Most discouraging result: 4-3 loss to MTSU. This loss may hold their ranking back in coming rankings. MTSU is a good team but still not a team NC State should be losing to.

Most surprisingly player: Austin Powell. Has become a solid 1 or 2 player and been a big boost to the Pack.

Most disappointing player: Not really related to this year's team. But I always thought Ivan Sanchez-Gomez had talent and could be a good top 6 player. Never materialized for him.

Expectation for rest of the season: Top 30 and NCAA 2nd round.

Key to achieve expectation: Doubles has been a solid point for them all season. If they can win the doubles point each match then they are dangerous. Weigel cannot have a slip now, he must remain a solid part of the team. Norenius returning from injury would also be helpful, although it's tough to determine who you take out of the line-up for him at this point with no glaring weak spot.

Miami

Most impressive result: 4-3 win over Minnesota(made better by the Gophers recent success), also taking Clemson to the absolute edge.

Most discouraging result: 5-2 loss to North Florida. A loss that holds the ranking back.

Most surprising player: Diego Soto. Has become a solid #1 player, up from his slot at 5 last year.

Most disappointing player: Omar Aly. In and out of the line-up and has been wildly inconsistent forcing Albanese into the line-up.

Expectation for rest of the year: NCAA tournament

Key to achieve expectation: Wilfredo Gonzalez's continued domination. Also Stancati has been very competitive at 5 and pushed some good players but he needs to turn those into wins. Doubles must improve cause as it is they are conceding the dubs point nearly every match.

Most impressive result: 5-2 over Michigan State. Not a lot to chose from for VT.

Most discouraging result: 4-3 loss to VCU. They should not feel bad about this loss because VCU is very good. But it was a close match and a massive missed opportunity for the Hokies.

Most surprising player: Amerigo Contini and Andreas Bjerrehus share this. Both have come into college as freshmen and been very solid. These two are the lone reason VT is still competitive.

Most disappointing player: Lucas Oliviera. Was #2 last year and is now 3 but he is struggling more this season. He gets routed by any decent player.

Expectation for the rest of the season: Make the NCAA tournament

Key to achieve expectation: A player outside of the top 2 needs to step up. Koontz is showing signs that it coule be him with some close matches against good players. Monteiro also showing some life down at 6. Those two need to become winners to help out the efforts of the top 2.

North Carolina

Most impressive result: 4-3 win over Tulsa. To this point this is their ONLY result worth anything.

Most discouraging result: Lots to choose from. Probably the 4-3 loss to TCU was the worst and the 4-3 loss to VT.

Most surprising player: Esben Hess-Olesen. Has become a very solid #1 player for the Heels. Has some big wins this year already.

Most disappointing player: Nelson Vick. Came on strong in the fall and it looked like UNC had landed a big transfer. Has now lost 7 straight, 6 of them in straight sets. Has a loss in all of UNC's important losses this year

Expectation for rest of the season: make the NCAA tournament

Ket to achieve expectation: Confidence. This team has talent, they need a big win to get them rolling. Right now they are in a stupor and need to wake up before it's too late. There are still some chances on that schedule, vs FSU, Clemson and Wake to get ranking boosting wins.

Georgia Tech

Most impressive result: 4-3 loss to NC State and FSU. These results show that they can compete.

Most discouraging result: 4-3 loss to Fresno State. Lost to a really poor team.

Most surprising player: Nathan Rakitt. Has come on recently and has some good wins. Showing that he can be a force at 4 in the ACC.

Most disappointing player: Juan Spir. He can still play lights out doubles, but he goes away and decides to get wrecked to often in singles. Has too many days where he fails to show up. Not what you want from a senior leader.

Expectation for the rest of the year: Finish in top 64 for 2014 ITA indoor event qualification

Key to reach expectation: Segura and Melian must play the best they can. Rakitt is a solid slot now and Spir can win if he is on. 5 and 6 are very weak. Segura and Melian will determine how well this team can do. Also need Hundal back for that #1 doubles slot.

Duke at Georgia Tech. 6-1 Duke. I will pick Spir to have one of his inspired matches and beat Saba at 2. Everywhere else will be all Duke.

Boston College at Miami. Miami 5-2. BC will show a little fight here and grab two surprising wins. But now way they make it two in a row over the Canes.
North Carolina at Clemson. Clemson 4-3. Clemson will edge out doubles, Maden will overcome Hess-Olesen in the rematch and Meza and Ansari will get wins. Meza is due for a good performance here, he played well at the end vs Redlicki. I also think Harrington will beat Vick if we lose doubles. Clemson will 1 of those 2.
Virginia at NC State. Virginia 7-0. No good chances for an NC State point here. Virginia is too strong at doubles for the Pack to think about sneaking out that point.

Virginia Tech at Wake Forest . Wake Forest 4-3. If Virginia Tech can win doubles then they will have a serious shot of winning. Bjerrehus should win at 1 and Contini should take Prabhakar. The problem for VT is that Wake will run through 3-5 fairly easy. It will be up to Monteiro to put in another big effort at 6, I think it will be too much and Wake will get a tight win with 6 clinching in the 3rd.

Well I was wrong about BC. Miami trounced them today worst than any other ACC team has thus far outside of UVA.

I was right about Spir having his inspired match beating Saba easily. Also Rakitt showing the game he has by beating Mengel.Mengel probably spent the whole match mad because he wasn't winning 6-0 6-0.

Virginia knocked down NC State. Powell somehow got a set from Jenkins.

Wake Forest did a sneaky switch at 2 and 3 vs VT. Kreyman rallied to beat Contini proving the switch to be a good one. VT must win doubles if they want to win matches because they are weak at 3-5. Oliveria keeps fading.

Clemson gave a solid singles performance and swept all 6 courts after losing doubles. The big surprise came from Dom Maden crushing Parker 6-1 6-1 a player he lost to in the fall 7-6 6-1.